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Operations with Specific UserGroup

This resource lets you read the list of user groups and specific user group in YouTrack.

Resource

/api/groups/{groupID}

Returned entity

UserGroup. For the description of the entity attributes, see Supported Fields section.

Supported methods

UserGroup attributes

Represents a group of users.

This table describes attributes of the UserGroup entity.

  • To receive an attribute in the response from server, specify it explicitly in the request parameter fields.

  • To update an attribute, provide it in the body of a POST request.

Field

Type

Description

name

String

The name of the group. Read-only. Can be null.

ringId

String

ID of the group in Hub. Use this ID for operations in Hub, and for matching groups between YouTrack and Hub. Read-only. Can be null.

usersCount

Long

The number of users in the group. Read-only.

icon

String

The URL of the group icon. Read-only. Can be null.

allUsersGroup

Boolean

True if this group contains all users, otherwise false. Read-only.

teamForProject

Project

Project that has this group set as a team. Returns null, if there is no such project. Read-only. Can be null.

Read a Specific UserGroup

Read attributes of the specific user group.

Required permissions

No permissions are required for reading basic information, for accessing all data requires Read User Group permission.

Request syntax

GET /api/groups/{groupID}?{fields}

{groupID}

Database ID of the user group in YouTrack.

Request parameters

Parameter

Type

Description

fields

String

A list of UserGroup attributes that should be returned in the response. If no field is specified,only the entityID is returned

Sample

Sample request

https://example.myjetbrains.com/youtrack/api/groups/3-2?fields=id,name,ringId,usersCount,teamForProject(name,shortName)

Sample response body

{ "ringId": "034e661c-bfc0-4e43-8efa-acc95ac53fd4", "teamForProject": { "shortName": "SP", "name": "Sample Project", "$type": "Project" }, "name": "Sample Project Team", "usersCount": 3, "id": "3-2", "$type": "UserGroup" }
Last modified: 30 March 2021